Up to 10,000 fighters lent muscle during the overthrow of the Assad regime. But their hard-line interpretations of Sunni ...

The strikes were south of Damascus, where Syrian security forces say they are battling gunmen from the religious minority.

Early one evening in late January, 12 masked men stormed the Damascus home of Um Hassan's family, pointed AK-47 assault ...

A war monitor and an activist group say clashes broke out in the Syrian capital between local gunmen belonging to the ...

Iranian authorities have arrested four staff members of state TV, accusing them of insulting the first caliph of Sunni Muslims and close ally of the Prophet Muhammad, state TV reported ...

Tonge is convincing in his conclusion that the religious orders are a permanent feature of Turkish politics and public life.

Pope Francis was praised by several regional leaders and churches, including Lebanon's Maronite Church and Iraqi officials, ...

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Shiite Islam's highest authority in Iraq, offered his condolences on Monday for the death of ...

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, upheld it in ...

Despite their small number, the Bektashis are set to form the world’s newest country — a first-of-its-kind Islamic microstate ...

The Alawites are the second-largest religious group in Syria after Sunni Muslims. Their faith is an offshoot Shi'ite Islam. Norway's Queen Sonja, 87, was admitted to the National Hospital on ...

During a Berita Harian podcast interview, the minister said Mr Cheng’s criticism of two social activists was hurtful to Malay/Muslims here, given that the community holds respect and good ...